Spheres, cylinder and cones are the basic shapes of amigurumi. You can use the sphere for head and body, cylinders too and for the arms and legs, both make a great form for ears, as well as the cone, cone works too as body and so much more. Master these and you will be making your own amigurumis in no time from scratch :)

Crocheting Amigurumis is very popular in the Crochet World. The name Amigurumi (編みぐるみ) comes from Japan, like so many cute things. It is a combination of two words really the first one ami means crochet or knitted and the second one nuigurumi simply means stuffed doll. There are several books on amigurumis, but it is so simple to make one from scratch, all you need is an idea and sketch. There are few basic forms you need to know to crochet one and it´s a great way to make a kids drawing come to life or your own sketch.

Most pattern begin with the head that is in a sphere form. Depending on you increases at the beginning and the part where you crochet 1 sc in each stich around and around and your decreases in the end, the look of your sphere is made. Usually it follows the same rules as your flat sc circle, with the magic number 6, as described in a previous Thoughts on Thursday post. You increase by 6 each round, untill big enough, then you do a few rounds without increasing before you start to decrease again by 6 in each round. The one on the picture is done by increasing for the first 5 rounds, then crocheting 5 rounds without increasing, then decreasing by 6 for the next 5 or 6 rounds. Make the increase less than 6 in the beginning like 1 or 3 per round you will get the cone form, or do more rounds of the middle part to get a more cylinder form.

For amigurmis mastering the magic loop/chain is great, and most amigurumis start this way, ´cause this way you will not have a hole on the top of your project where the stuffing could peak out of. As well we are working in a spiral (no closing with slip stitch after each round), so you might want to mark the beginning of your round with a contrast colour yarn piece or use a knitting marker or a paperclip, whatever suits you the best.

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